From Riot Grrrls to R&B Queens: How 90s Feminist Music Took on the System

Part 6 of "From Suffragettes to Taylor Swift: The Feminist History of Protest Songs"

The 1990s ushered in the era of third-wave feminism—messier, bolder, and more inclusive than the waves before it. If second-wave feminism fought for workplace rights and reproductive freedom, the third wave came with tattoos, zines, and combat boots, demanding space for intersectionality, sexual autonomy, and a broader definition of womanhood.

At the sam…